Oct. 11th, 2006

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For today's project, I'm going to try to write something about Peter in each of ten languages that I either know, or know enough about to piece a simple statement together. Four are made-up languages, and two of those are my creation. Now, in order from the languages I know the least about to those I know best:

1. Cree (nēhiyawē)
nitawāsis awa
This is my child (I hope - this is very much pieced together).

2. Navajo (Diné bizaad)
bí éí Peter wolyé
His name is Peter.

3. Mohawk (kanien'keha)
rinoronhkwa'
I love him.

4. lojban
le cifnu na kakne tavla.
The baby cannot speak.

5. Esperanto
Sed li povas sidi sen helpo.
But he can sit without help.

6. Toma Heylm
Nes leye semi ey hoyelid.
His eyes are blue. (I almost implied that he had more than two of them - got to watch those plural markers!)

7. mërèchi
rüdipàrip'ë ke lönalàliv'a éli.
He desires excessively that I should play with him.

8. Japanese (日本語)
赤ちゃんを抱くのはとっても嬉しいです!
aka-chan wo daku no ha tottemo ureshii desu!
Holding Baby is soooo nice!

(Almost there... must... keep... going...)

9. Russian (Русский язык)
Мы с ребёнком сегодня погуляли по улице.
My s rebyonkom sevodnya pogulyali po ulitse.
The baby and I went for a walk down the street today.

10. English... finally!
Although he can take several steps in a row while I hold his hands, I carried him on our walk.

And a bonus round, added by our Mystery Participant:

11. Baby
Ah-goo. Eeeeeeeee! Owaaaaa.
Satisfied. Happy! Owaaaaa.

Whew! That took all day. Please, anyone who reads this, correct my sentences if you know one of these languages better than me! (If you are correcting the two I invented, please provide supporting evidence :)

Interestingly, the two that required the most work were Cree (least well-known) and Russian (supposedly, my most fluent foreign language, or was at one time). Both were revised three or more times before I posted them.

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